Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Beirut, Lebanon
Credits
13 titles
Wissam Charaf
Biography
Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a filmmaker and journalist. He worked as assistant director on the music videos of Noir Désir, Sinead O’Connor and Ingrid Caven. He has made six short films including Hizz Ya Wizz, Un héros ne meurt jamais and Après. His first feature film, Fallen from the Sky, was selected at ACID – Cannes. Dirty Difficult Dangerous, his second feature film, won the Europa Cinemas Award at the Festival of Venice in 2022. In 2023, his new short film, If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds, was presented as part of the official selection in Venice, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024.
Known For
Filmography
Disorder
Director
If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
Writer
You Teenagers
Director of Photography
Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
Director
Pas de panique
Director
Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
Director
Manuel de survie d'un combattant
Director
Après
Director
Heaven Sent
Director
Geronimo
It's All in Lebanon
Director
Hizz Ya Wizz
Director
Holiday
Director